Has anyone ever had any power issues with their car towing? We have just returned from a long trip towing a 1.4t cattle trailer, even on the flat the car felt like it was working hard and hills were an effort.
We also had the "Engine System Fault" code appear towards the end of the trip, with grey smoke from exhaust and even less power - this cleared when ignition was turned off / on.
The trailer was new and I have had the same issue with both box style and flat trailers, to make it worse I just returned the trailer using a FreeLander 1 and had no issues pulling it.......
The car is:
- '55 plate 2.7 TDV6
- approx. 90k miles
- EGR blanked
- intercooler hose changed last year
- the car is fully serviced
Has anyone else suffered similar problems or is it just a case of plugging it in and seeing if there are any fault codes?
Thank you,
David
2nd Sep 2019 9:55 am
Globetrotter448
Member Since: 21 Mar 2017
Location: Londonderry NSW
Posts: 1782
Could be 'crap fuel', filter clogged or turbo problem. I am sure ones with more knowledge will answer.
2nd Sep 2019 10:40 am
Bardley
Member Since: 02 May 2018
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 440
Re: Advice needed - gutless TDV6
Rusty_US wrote:
Morning all,
Has anyone ever had any power issues with their car towing? We have just returned from a long trip towing a 1.4t cattle trailer, even on the flat the car felt like it was working hard and hills were an effort.
We also had the "Engine System Fault" code appear towards the end of the trip, with grey smoke from exhaust and even less power - this cleared when ignition was turned off / on.
The trailer was new and I have had the same issue with both box style and flat trailers, to make it worse I just returned the trailer using a FreeLander 1 and had no issues pulling it.......
The car is:
- '55 plate 2.7 TDV6
- approx. 90k miles
- EGR blanked
- intercooler hose changed last year
- the car is fully serviced
Has anyone else suffered similar problems or is it just a case of plugging it in and seeing if there are any fault codes?
Getting the car plugged in and fault codes read will be the easiest way of finding the cause. Anything else is speculation and will scare you...2011 MY D4 HSE
Previously 2001 D2 TD5, 1996 D1 300Tdi, 1985 90 2.2 petrol.
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